Index or file



C. S. CAMPBELL AND W. H. DAY.

INDEX 0R FILE.

APPLmATmN FILED Nov.30,192o.

Patntd July 4, 1922.

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y l mdrona L C. S. CAMPBELL AND W. H. DAY.

, INDEX OR FILE.

APPLlcAHoN FILED Nov. 3u. 1920.

1 ,42 1 ,670. Patented July 4, 1922.

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Tocllwhomtmaycmiim: y Be it knoim' that we CHARLES-S. L'Ann'- unkind-WILLIAM H. ik?, cit-izcn s cf the.l United States, residin ,respectively, m Now aven, in Vtllcilnitc of -useful ,Improvemente- -in :Indexes cr- Files,` a f v`which;tho'following is "u specilicntiom refereno'ofhe A`hadV to the llocompagnying draw- 'po ons which developadfin the' effort wfnfieetithe r'e uilc-4 eachgin ex cxrd'or-basilrd of a se crate touthe 'fromtimetoftimez- 'lthus been sought hercpoc et.; eometinei: inf'l trqpgpaxjent material, forthcrcce tion of thc removable vulves the provision of spi-cin] indx cards or-slips ldnptodrforvnln'h use, wh feas th user might prefr to'hnvehs oI n indcx y cards or slips, or index cords' or slips which cnn he scena-l readily inthe marklet. Iltis the object of this invention? pr'cvidebnn, ingcx or file having n series o overlapping iii' c.: cards or, l'mccanls,` nilnp j to snpport," in associationV thercwith, *.removahle record cards or slips without the necessity of providing' pockets on the indexor base n -cnrdsto receive the-record cu'dsonslips and without imposing speciiiemeqnirements ns to the character of such record cards or slips. A further purpose is to provide such means for supporting snc-h index or base cnrds und record cords or slips that thc. record cards ox-.slips cnn be removed und replaced readily and theinaccidental lis- Spccication-of Letters raient.

eachcard ofzthenseries shnllm.,y 'b'visib v'Ifherprcnt invention hns been,

yention will bo more w 'aand recof index card orslp.' ut-thin generally ln- INDEX on FILE.

latentccl'Julyi, 1922. en'al No. {27,302.

pincement prevented, nothwithstanding the absence of pockets on the hase cards, and that thc hnsecnrds themsclves shall be protcctcrlnguinst injury u; they nre pulled forrwird to pci-mit the removal and replacement `of mdencxn'ds. Inthc con'st-mction shown in the Letters Potent uliovjnen'tioned'the die cnt portions of e'clx card oifeiiiictcd inwnrdly tp 'engage thoi'it'wardlgj'giicd edges-.forjfiange'c pf. th' f ri-ow" spporting strip," but, in ,the prdent" intn`:e, i 'in order `that-.dichoso orindcxf-cl'rd-ishnll lic engaged wi th thiv .sfu ppcrthenrc'itsiliitcijl dges, and, thereby betteiiscrei nrposgrin such use xecgt'portlons nre what. the forwurd movement o'f .tlizindex or msc (-:mls when recordcnrds arfe being insertefhon removed, although ncll uard flanges serve no purpose in holding t e index cnrde tothc snp rt olenf; :.fIhe in- -iiil'lyle xplnix'icdhereinafter .with reference' to 'tlic accompanying drnivings in,\\"hich it is illnstrntc'd'as em hoilied in n convenient and practicaistru tnl'c, und in whichl iigutv 1 is; u view in elevation giiowin a. hinged. su port. .or 'leaf 4with,seircfell in ex cards in :lace therconi Figu re 2 is ,a detail view in s ection on the Vplano indicntcd by the broken line 2-2 of igui-e l and on a' lger scale.

Figure 3 is a detail view in horizontal section on the plane indicated by the broken line 3-3 of llxgrurc 1'.'

Figure ft is :i detnil view in elevation and 95 partiti,r broken out to show the relations of' the mdcx4 and record cards, on .a scale larger4 than that of Figure 1.

Fig-nrc 5 is n i'icw similar to Figure 3, b nt showing n. slightly different construction.

Each index or buse card. a. has die ont portions or ears a.' united to the hotly of the cardalong a horizontal line separated from the lower edge of the card by a space substantially equal to the space by which the upper edge of each cord is torise above the upper edge `of the preceding card, 'if the l'en wise formed so as to present a free end to-,

ward the corresponding lateral edge of the card. In. the construction shown in the Letters Patent above mentioned vthe die out portions or ears are directed inwardly toward each other, for thepurpose of engag- -ing the outwardly turned Bungee-.of the narrowsupporting strip, but in the present ,@,iixstanceps shown, these` die cut portions .or-ears are turned outwardly partly so as to .place the V.ears nearer the latere ed es of lthe caijdffand .partlyso as ,t. facilitate .ih'em to, andljn removing them from fthe juif suggre-'mredescend. Irwin be ,of yu. series.

',unde n are assembl the partieixlar use a0 "index -or base..cards descrihed' provided yits bm ma, but.; maar to muze funyl-.he

' advantagesjj'of jd'the improved.. construction, each card b has a width, in a vertical Vdirection,not only lessi` than the width in.

al vertical direction' ofl the index orbase card.' but ater, in a .vertical direction than the width of theindex or hase card from its free edge to the'line indicated by the broken line atp in 4Figures 11 and 4 en which the .diecut portions or-ears a, arel joined to,the,. body of'. the' m'rrespondmg' card a, so that' a -mar 'n b4 o f the record 'card shall hevisibleal velin the-ense of upstandng cards) .the ed 'eofthe 'indexor base card nextin front o 'it`,;`and so that a margin a of each index .or .baise card shall be visihle'rbovethe edge of the record card next in front of it. The same identifying or indexin mark. such as n. room number, iu

a hotel index1 can thus he placed upon the margin ofach index car and upon'tlie margin of the corresponding record card,

^ s5` so'that both shall be"\'isible to the user and ess than the" the proper assembling of the cards'aured. The absence of any record card or its presence` in reverse position would then mclicate, for example, that the particular room is vacant. For convenience in manipulation the record cards have less width in a horizontal direction than the index or hase cards, as indicated in Figures l and 4.

The support or leaf c upon which the cards are mounted, may be formed of any suitable material und in any convenient manner. As shown in Figures l, 2, 5lA and 4 the support or leaf consists of 'a thin sheet e' of metal, which may be stiffened by a wire at its edge, as shown as c, and has secured thereto near each lateral edge, as by rivets c, and on each face, if desired, u. strip c, the inner ed es of which are free, as at c", to form inward y di-v L l rented flanges for co-operation with ,the out. `the manipulation of the cards inapplying that `is the distance betweenv the'hody of `t e stripel and the lip this substantial so as to permt'each index card to be pulled out far enough for easy manipulation of the record card und also to permiuthe convenient manipulation of the index or base cards' in placing tliemon or removing them .from the support or leaf. and the dangesthereore do not serve to retin the indexI cards in place or in assembled relation.A The marginal portions of euch stripc may also be turned ack upon themselves, as at c", to stiifen the structure and prevent the fprsentation of a raw edge. V-

It will be obvious that the support or leaf might be formellv in various ways as shown in Figure 5, for exam ile, the main or oentrul portion c" might' e formed itself with the inturned flanges, cl and thestri'ps c" provided with the guide flanges o, forme( as liefore might he ri vetelhus at e" against the rear face of the body fr, In th'e use of thel improved indexes or file, the index or lmsc cards fare lirsthppled to the 'support or .leaf c, boing slightly buckled so as to permit their lateral ed 's to be slipped under the 'Hards c" and t le die cut portions or ours u.- to lne-engaged 'ith the flanges ffl. Then they are pushed iiogcthcr until they assume thel desired. owl-lapping rrlulion. lfinull van-.li roi-owl wird. as prepared. is insrrl'win itsproper plaire. the iudox or lmso verd in front of its position lieing pulled 4Forward slightly to permit the 13u record card to be slipped readily into place. Any rerord card can be withdrawn readily at any time either to receive additional matter or to be replaced by another card.

It will be obvious'that various changes in details can be made to suit different conditions of use and that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown and described herein, except as pointed out in the claims.

We rlaim as our invention:

l. In en index or file, a sheet metal support comprising a main body portion and lateral strips secured thereon and having their edge portions turned forward and inward to form guard flan s, inwardly di rected retaining flanges eing formed on said support.

2. In an index or file the combination of n support having retaining flanges, index cards having die cut portions or ears to engage said flanges and to maintain the cards in overlapped relation, and record cards of less width in a vertical direction than the index cards and bearing;r at one edge against the die cut portions ir ears of the correspending index cards.

3. In an index or file the combination of a support having' retaining flanges and having at its edges guard ianges, index cards having die out portions to engage the retain ing flanges, and record cards of less width in vertical direction than the index cards inserted between the index cards.

L In an index or file the combination of a support havingr retaining flanges within its edges and having forwardly and inwardly turned guard Ranges at its edges, index cards formed with die cut portions or ears to enrage the` retaining Hanges and having` their ateral edges covered by the lguard flan es and rei-ord Cards inserted between the in( ex cards. i

. 5. In an index or Iile tbe combination of a. support having retaining ilanges within its edges und haring guard iangcs nl its edges and index cards having die cut portions or ears to engage the retaining flanges and having their lateral edges guarded by the guard flanges.

This` specification ysigned this 27th day of November, A. l). 1920.

CHARLES S. CAMPBELL. VVTlilM H, DA Y. 

